| 单词 | downright |
| 释义 | downright (once / 1234 pages) 1adjadv 2adj The adjective downright is used to emphasize something, or to mean "utterly." For example, you could say that your brother's loud and junky old car is a downright embarrassment. Downright works as an adjective or adverb, so you can describe your dad's brownies as downright delicious, your sister's terrible jokes as downright awful, or your loss of the spelling bee as a downright disgrace. In the thirteenth century, downright meant "straight down," but it had changed by 1300, to instead mean "thoroughly." WORD FAMILYdownright: downrightest, downrightly, downrightness USAGE EXAMPLESSome of these high points are bad and some are downright ugly. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Indeed, she seems to be one of those people who toggle between highly enthusiastic and downright fervent. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) Women from Nigeria and many other parts of the world condemned Mr Buhari's comments as outdated, inappropriate and downright offensive: BBC(Dec 27, 2016) 1 1adj complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers a downright lie Syn absolute, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer complete having every necessary or normal part or component or step 2adv thoroughgoing 2he is downright dishonest adj characterized by plain blunt honesty a downright answer a downright kind of person Syn honest, honorable not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent |
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